Cafcass Injustice

My son had a meeting with a Cafcass officer and he was asked to write a letter to the judge stating his 'wishes and feelings' regarding access times with his dad. The next day he told me his first piece of paper had been taken away by the Cafcass officer (because he'd written something she didn't want him to) and he was asked to write it again. I'm furious.

Hi we also have had trouble with cafcass.. I found this e petition on line that runs out in April so I signed it and am trying to promote it everywhere so others will sign it too we need to get an awful lot of signatures. please sign and add to your facebook or any other sites you use epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/32956

I'm not being funny, gingerbiskit, but I don't believe half of what you've said. The amount of people I know who've used the "I can't physically force them to go!" excuse is ridiculous. Also, I get the impression that the children sleeping over at their dad's on the Sunday night is more a petty squabble over CSA than anything.

I have also had unpleasant dealings with CAFCASS. I am not accusing them of being corrupt but I do believe that they can write inaccurate and biased reports. A cafcass officer can basically write their own interpretation of a situation which is not based on fact. The interviews are not recorded on tape which I believe that they should be so that what was discussed can be checked in the event of a disagreement. The report is not discussed with you and agreed before being submitted to court in a lot of cases and in my particular experience, the questions that myself and my children were leading questions and not open ones. The questions we were asked were designed to direct us to the outcome that was easiest for them. In my case certain comments from me and my children were completley ignored. I personally felt bullied by the Cafcass person that came to see me. I found him to be completley insenstive to our situation.

I think that changes to the system and the way that Cafcass are able to operate needs to be reviewed and changed ASAP. I have found the below petition if anybody has had similar experiences and wants to try to do something about getting things changed